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Graduate Student
Bio:
Kassra Amidi is an MA student in the Religious Studies Department at UCSB. Their research interests include Middle Eastern History, grassroots religious movements, and State/Sovereign Power. Kassra holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of California, Fullerton, and is interested in pursuing a Phd and eventually a profession in higher education.